3 census tracts · pop 9,594 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.5/10
· range 5.3–6.1
Noble Square is a 3-tract neighborhood of Chicago, IL and houses 9,594 people. Scored across those inputs it reaches 5.5/10, placing it in the Moderate tier. Average gross rent is $1,863, 29% above the Chicago average of $1,440.
This is a renter market: 67% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. 29% of renters spend 30% or more of household income on rent. What pushes the score up most is tenant-organizing strength at 8/10.
On the softer side is economic stress, at 2/10. Disability prevalence reaches 17.6% against a 31.5% national average, which raises the odds a reasonable-accommodation request accompanies any dispute. Filings are well documented here: 663 across 3 observed tracts.
Sitting well above the midpoint is eviction-process difficulty at 7.5/10. The severe-burden share is 11%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. The worst year on record was 2010, when filings touched 2.5% of renter households.
The most recent observed rate, 1.2% in 2015, is well off that peak. Among the 187 mapped neighborhoods of Chicago, it ranks #158 by risk, the lower third. The closest comparables inside the same city are Southport Corridor and Ukrainian Village.
Against average income of $133,328, annual rent is only 17%, a wide affordability cushion.
With little internal variation, 5.5/10 is a fair proxy for any address inside the boundary. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
5.5
Moderate
3 tracts · population-weighted
Noble Square vs ChicagoHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority60%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport70%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Noble Square
Aggregated across 3 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
663Total filings (sum)
1.40%Avg annual filing rate
2.5%Peak year (2010)
1.19%Latest filed (2015)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Noble Square
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
10.2%Housing insecurity
5.4%Utility shutoff threat
10.4%Food insecurity
7.7%SNAP enrollment
7.8%No health insurance
17.7%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Noble Square
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Noble Square?
Noble Square scores 5.5/10 (Moderate tier) across 3 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does Noble Square compare to Chicago overall?
Noble Square scores 1.2 points lower than Chicago overall (6.7/10). Renters spend 29% of income on rent vs 29% citywide. Average rent: $1,863 vs $1,440.
Q3
What is the average rent in Noble Square?
Average gross rent in Noble Square is $1,863/month (pop-weighted across 3 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 29% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Noble Square residents are renters?
67% of Noble Square households are renter-occupied (vs 54% in Chicago). The neighborhood has 9,594 residents.
Q5
Is Noble Square a high social-vulnerability area?
Noble Square sits in the 32nd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (less vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in Noble Square have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Noble Square is census tract 17031243400 (score 6.1/10). Across the 3 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 5.3 to 6.1, a spread of 0.8 points.
Q7
How safe is Noble Square for landlords?
Noble Square carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5.5/10). Pop-weighted across 3 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Chicago as a whole (6.7/10), this neighborhood is lower-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Noble Square?
Noble Square has 9,757 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (61.2%), Hispanic / Latino (14.8%), Black (non-Hispanic) (10.6%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
